Educators may enter the profession to make a difference in a young person’s life because they had wonderful teachers in school, because they always liked learning, or because of the interest in the content (Buchanan, 2012). Despite the motivation for entrance within the profession, the problem comes in when teacher departure from the school or profession becomes a consistent factor.
Job satisfaction is oftentimes overlooked when spoken in terms of teachers, teacher productivity, and overall success of the school. It is even more rarely mentioned in terms of teacher retention. Job satisfaction refers to the feeling and emotions of employees in an organization. It includes the behavior pattern of people that can be favorable or unfavorable. The progress of work is directly related to job satisfaction. If employees are not satisfied with their jobs, the overall progress of the system is affected. Administrators must monitor the satisfaction level of the employees and try to improve it by promoting human values and dignity. The importance of job satisfaction in an education system is even more vital than in any other organization. Education is not merely the transfer of information but overall development of human personality. This can only be possible if teachers of urban public schools, especially those in low performing schools are satisfied with their jobs. Quality education and human development is only possible if the people involved in the system are satisfied within
Organizations that are serious about making improvements are going to have to deal with the issue of job satisfaction. Job satisfaction can be best described as the positive feeling that an individual has about their job resulting from an evaluation of the job’s characteristics (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p.31). It would seem natural to think that job satisfaction would have a positive correlation with successful organizations. What impact does job satisfaction have on an organization? Research will show that there are not only internal effects from performance related issues, but also external effects that impact customer satisfaction.
These three articles investigate on different factors; however they share common key theme: what makes teachers to leave
Education impacts the lives of students greatly. During the twelve years a student attends school, they grow mentally, physically and socially. Your mentors guide you through the rough years of middle school and college applications. The passion they hold for their job, and their goal to lead and strengthen students is what has allowed them to lead successful careers. Although I am no longer interested in teaching, it was important for me to take time to learn and educate myself about the provided benefits, average annual income, and the education required to become a teacher.
Job satisfaction is a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences. It has been treated both as a general attitude and satisfaction with five specific dimensions of the job: pay, the work itself, promotion opportunities, supervision, and coworkers. Challenging work, valued rewards, opportunities for advancement, competent supervision, and supportive coworkers are dimensions of the job that can lead to satisfaction (Nelson & Quick, 2013, pg.
Personal characteristics of workers also has an impact on job satisfaction. Job satisfaction increases age. Whites have greater job satisfaction than non-whites. The level of education is slightly negatively related to job satisfaction. If personal skills and abilities are not required by a job, job satisfaction decreases. When a person is more adjusted personally, they will be more satisfied with work. Most of all having a job with decent and fair wage may be the most important variable to job satisfaction. High job satisfaction is associated with low turnover and low absenteeism and with high commitment. Although the evidence is not conclusive, high job satisfaction is associated with high performance and prosocial behaviors.
Work is a consequential part of everyone’s life from young adulthood to late adulthood. Job satisfaction is highly influenced by age and intrinsic factors such as meaningfulness. Gender differences in the work place are affected by the types of work and the pressures of household labor. Data taken from 96 participants as well as quotes from three individuals will help exemplify and explain these conditions.
Job satisfaction is one of the topics that have been studied repeatedly over the past decades and is expected to continue as a topic of interest since the studies of turnover continue (Omar, Abdul Majid, & Johari, 2013). Job satisfaction can be defined in many different ways, one of which is
Job satisfaction can be known to some people as an important element in their lives. If an individual is unhappy with their occupation it may affect other parts of their life. Job satisfaction can be seen in what one wants in a job as to what one has in their current job.
Job satisfaction of employees can be pointed out in terms of individual or groups of employee. For instance, an employees’ performance can be measured by individualistic means, by the management. Similarly, the job satisfaction that an entire department has over their responsibilities in an organization can be measured, as well. At this point, one has to also note that, although the terms, job satisfaction, employee attitude and morale has been utilized with almost similar meaning, it is not all similar in effect. As in, employee attitude that is favourable would ensure the presence of job satisfaction for employees, which in turn works on boosting employee
Job satisfaction is the very important factor in general quality of life because it is closely connected with working life (e.g. Argyle, 1989; Bang & Lee, 2006), with family life, everyday life, and mental health (Orpen, 1978; Schmitt and Bedeian, 1982; Faragher, Cass & Cooper, 2005). Level of job satisfaction is also highly related to turnover, absenteeism rate, work productivity or accomplishment (Muchinsky, 1977; Organ, 1977). Many researchers (e.g. Cherrington, 1994; Acorn, Ratner & Crawford, 1997; Ostroff, 1992; Spector, 1997) state that employees who experience high job satisfaction contribute to organisational commitment, job involvement, their physical, mental health and overall well-being are improved. Job dissatisfaction on the
In management areas there are many definition of employee job satisfaction in different approaches; and there are many studies varied in the defining the term job satisfaction. The people who work in the organizations and people who study in this area both are interested to study of Job satisfaction. The terms Job Satisfaction refers “an individual’s general attitude toward one job’s” [Stephenson P. Robbins, 2005] Job satisfaction is psychological aspects that deals with individual feelings about to his or her jobs [Spector 1997]. That means how an individual feels their job’s and how they express their feelings about their jobs either it’s positive or negative.
With respect to social benefits or social acceptance, support from administration and meaningfulness of job, job satisfactions was derived by teachers.
Having had the opportunity to work and live overseas, I have found that my exposure to different cultures, languages and business models has enriched my life and career development far beyond what I could have envisioned. The experience was rewarding in so many ways, that I can’t imagine now not having had it. It has made me a more well-rounded person able to see things through a global lens and appreciate things from myriad perspectives.
Based on the fulfilment an individual contains towards their work is job satisfaction. The productivity could either be positive or negative while the relationship between the productivity and satisfaction may not be consistent. There are multiple internal and external factors of job satisfaction that can impact the behavior of an employee and engagement over time. The way the worker’s attitude concerning their field effects the performance they perform on a daily basis. One who is satisfied with the job they maintain, succeed at what they do. “It is therefore imperative for a company to understand the attitude of its workers and measure the job satisfaction of its employees, as job satisfaction is essential for productivity” (L. Bradshaw
The mixed methodologies that were utilized to conduct the research to see whether or not having a job while being a student affects their overall career goals included quantitative surveys and qualitative face-to-face interviews. Thirty-five surveys were distributed on campus to California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students. Four face-to-face interviews were conducted off campus, and were conducted with working professionals. Each interview lasted about thirty minutes. In order for interviewees to participate, they had to be working professionals with a minimum of two years working in college and in their field of work. The interviews were conducted at a Starbucks near CSUDH.